The No. 6 St Georges Hawks faced off with the No. 4 William Penn Colonials in Flight A matchup that determined the regular season champions. Forward Joshua Obiora led the Hawks in a 61-49 victory to crown St Georges as the Flight A regular season champs. Coach Rod Griffin told us “The Flight A is absolutely loaded with 5-6 teams in the top 10” in a post game interview.
Obiora slammed the Hawks to victory scoring 17 points to lead all scorers while adding some highlight reel dunks in the game. David Crawford (10) and Emory Womack (11) also joined Obiora with double digit points.
The Hawks and Colonials were tied at halftime 25-25, but it was the Hawks who were able to pull away in the second half. They outscored the Colonials 18-11 in the third quarter and 18-13 in the fourth to secure the victory. Coach Griffin said at halftime he told the team “The Game is zero to zero and all we have to do is play defense. And in that third quarter I thought we turned up the defense.”
The Hawks improve to 14-4 overall and 7-1 in the conference. They captured the Flight A conference championship with the victory. They face Salesianum this Saturday and Smyrna on Tuesday to end the regular season.
Penn was led by Andy Webb and Elijah Coates who scored 10 points a piece. William Penn will face Mount Pleasant this Saturday, and Appoquinimink on Monday to end the regular season.
